Closenberg Hotel Galle

... mon linge (ca yest il sent moins le moisi!) et boire un the en lisant la troisieme partie de Millenium. La internet, puis bang lassi (lassi+weed) au meme endroit que mon roti ce midi, puis vais aller manger au restau allonge sur mes coussins a boire des mojitos et finir ma weed avant de partir demain pour Negombo. Snif. Mercredi matin depart de mon avion a 7h15 pour l'Inde, donc petite nuit en perspective. Jsuis un peu vert de partir car il fait de plus en plus beau ...

... shots. The day quickly came to an end and I’d never left the room! The fever persisted.

The following day I decided that I would keep Galle as my base, not only because I wasn’t well, but also because it was a lovely place and I liked my cheap guesthouse and the cheap internet! I had an expensive late breakfast at the guesthouse and then took some Ibuprofen – I didn’t want to waste any more time!

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Galle, Sri Lanka lyncraven

... at the now gone restaurant). The memorial is really pretty and is basically sheets of metal made to look like waves. We had tried to get a feel for how the day would play out from the man that sold us the tour (the owner of our guest house). One of the things that was not explained to us was that we would have to wait for 4 hours on a beach with absolutely nothing to do. Had we been told beforehand we would have brought a blanket to sit on so we could be ...

... the coffee. Mama makes the best cuppa joe I've had since I left home, and somehow she knows exactly how I like it, I mean, like perfectly. The coffee is ground fine, and added to the water, so you have to give it a minute to settle (kind of like a good stout), but oh yes, so heavenly! Two cups of that stuff (and big cups too, mind you, not the tiny Indian style milk coffee size), and one is ready to go! So back to Galle. Apparently Sri Lanka was originally "controlled ...

... Buddha and many Buddhist temples which were stunning, nestled high up in the mountains the Buddha temples are truly amazing, there were guides at the temples to show you around and the place was full of dogs who were being looked after by the monks! Well worth a trip to any Buddhist temple I think! There is something about the temples which give you an inner sense of peace and tranquility! The Stilt fishermen are well worth a visit but I can't help ...

... a verdade é que não temos tido mesmo hipótese para fazer mais!). Depois de 2 dias de chuva, e sem sinais de o tempo vir a melhorar, decidimos que era hora de mudarmos de poiso e seguimos para Matara, a cerca de 40km mais a oeste. Desta vez fomos um bocado comodistas e fizemos a viagem de taxi. Mais uma vez, foi fácil encontrar alojamento na praia, e mais uma vez o tempo estava uma merda. Em Matara, também não há muito que ver, demos umas voltas pela cidade ...

... either old wierdos or to be the do gooder sort that are volunteering sumwhere on the island. fair play to em, its good of em to volunteer, its just they all seem such self righteous *******s, they kinda look down on ya for just bein a traveller. half of em here are volunteering at that elephant orphanage and all they do is spend there mornings shovelling ***** about? id much rather come god knows how many thousands of miles and lie by the pool suppin beer and gettin a ...

... name - Sir Lanka. Sir Lanka entered the U.S.A. through Ellis Island and like so many before him, his name was altered and upon crossing the Hudson river in NYC, he became James Lank. Myles' full name, for those who don't know, is Myles James Lank. This, of course, is complete nonsense... however, it was really really fun seeing Myles' last name on every single sign throughout the country. Lanka this and Lanka that.... We saw everything from ...

... it got close joined both my hand together, as if to pray for it to stop, and it did. I asked the co-pilot if they were going to Galle and he told me to jump in. They couldn't speak English so we sat in silence listening to the radio all the way to Galle. I know you shouldn't get lifts from people like that but I didn't have anything of value with me, and I'm still alive so alls well that ends well. I got off the truck and walked back to the Lodge, there were a lot of people ...

... Army, due to it being the highest point in Galle and only a five minute walk from the town centre. That night it rained and rained with an intensity we'd yet seen. I was convinced the final day of the First Test would be a wash-out and the England cricket team were hoping it'd be a wash-out, but after a couple of hours of sun the following morning it was game-on. Arriving at the Galle International Stadium (stadium, being a strong word, as Bigglesworth 2nd XI of the Bloggs ...